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That's why it's still lost. Cs-137 has a clear gamma emmision spectrum (which is to say it glows a unique color of high-energy photons), so you can scan and pic
by MengerSponge 4y ago
That's why it's still lost. Cs-137 has a clear gamma emmision spectrum (which is to say it glows a unique color of high-energy photons), so you can scan and pick it up with a scintillation detector.
Unfortunately, Cs-137 is one of the bits of waste generated as fallout from nuclear testing, and its half-life is 30 years, so ambient levels are generally not identically zero.
- wkat4242 4y agoAnd South Australia (pretty close to the bidder is Western Australia) has seen nuclear testing at woomera missile range so it's pretty likely to have some contamination indeed.
- Schroedingersat 4y agoThere was also that time britain nuked just off the coast of WA without checking the fallout zone for people or warning the locals.